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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Adobe Launches Online Office Suite and New Flash-Enabled Acrobat 9 — Back in March, we said Adobe was slowly building an online empire. Today, that news turns out to be true. Adobe is has just launched their version of an online office suite available at Acrobat.com, complete with word processor …
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Erik Larson / The Acrobat.com Blog:Welcome to Acrobat.com - Work. Together. Anywhere.
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PC World, Digital Inspiration, jkOnTheRun, CyberNet, CenterNetworks, Incremental Blogger, Stealthmode Partners, 901am and The Blogging Times
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Microsoft Live Search Toolbar to be Shipped with 2009 HP PC's — Microsoft has announced a partnership with HP where the Live Search toolbar will be distributed on 2009 PCs. The toolbar will appear on consumer PCs shipped to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
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Microsoft Live Search Toolbar to Be Distributed on 2009 HP Consumer PCs — North American distribution deal also includes Live Search browser defaults, custom toolbar based on Microsoft Silverlight. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has won a key distribution deal with HP …
PrimeNewswire:
NASDAQ is the First U.S. Stock Exchange to Facilitate Free, Universal Access to Real-time Stock Data CNBC, Google, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Xignite to Deliver New Service — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ(r)) …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:Floodgates Opening: Google, CNBC, WSJ To Get Real-Time Quotes From NASDAQ
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Microsoft's Robbie Bach ‘thought about killing’ Surface — Microsoft's Surface computing is the kind of Buck Rogers' technology that can dazzle consumers and boost a company's “cool” factor. But in an interview last week, Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of Entertainment & Devices Division …
Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr:
Today's Hot Meme Comes To Us From Plurk — Plurk is a newish microblogging service that is spreading like wildfire through the first adopter community today. — According to Plurk, the service is “a really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life …
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Mashable!, The Next Web, Mark Evans, Download Squad, /Message, ParisLemon and ExperienceCurve
Financial Times:
Intel to re-enter mobile market — By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco and Paul Taylor in New,York — Intel is poised to re-enter the mobile phone market as operators earn a greater portion of their revenues from data and internet access, said Paul Otellini, the company's chief executive.
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com:
Europe Online Advertising Market Size: Catching up to US Market? — I think Europe could surpass the US ad market if for no other reason that different markets means different languages and different ad campaigns. In other words, it's harder to find efficiencies when you have to duplicate …
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:IAB Report: Europe Up 4 Billion Euros in 2007; Closing In On U.S.
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Cate Doty / New York Times:
Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not. — When Dan Walsh, a 33-year-old technology manager in Dublin, started posting doctored versions of the comic strip “Garfield” on his blog in February, he thought he might amuse a few friends. — Instead, his site on Tumblr started receiving …
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Turner Forms Ad Net: Links Sales for Web Holdings — The cable-centric company said it plans to begin packaging both display and video ad inventory for advertisers from 19 different Web sites. — Turner is pasting together its vast collection of Web properties to form a sizable …
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
The Humans Behind the Google Money Machine — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If Google were the United States government, the data that streams onto Nicholas Fox's laptop every day would be classified as top secret. — Mr. Fox is among a small group of Google employees who keep a watchful eye …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
NetSuite acquires OpenAir — NetSuite said Monday that it has acquired OpenAir, which provides on-demand professional services automation software, for $26 million in cash. — The tuck-in acquisition(statement)-all 56 OpenAir employees will continue to work at NetSuite-will give the company …
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
TrendWatch: Comparing MicroMemes, Network Feeds, and MacroMemes — I want you to start thinking differently about how you get information. As you know from my postings, that trust is highest from our peers, we trust those that are like us, or our friends above all us.
IDG News Service:
Sony Appears Ready to Ship Via-based Mini-laptop — Sony appears ready to release a small, low-cost laptop that uses a processor from Via Technologies. — A prototype of the laptop, based on the open-source Via OpenBook reference design announced last week, was shown by contract manufacturer …
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louisgray.com:
Are Blog Comments Really Conversations, or Are They Just Replies? — The issue of comment fragmentation has been rearing up every other week or so since the initial discussion flared up in early April, but of late, I've been thinking about the purpose of comments in the first place.
